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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Applicants:
Tetsuya Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Imasaka, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsuya Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Imasaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/00 (2006.01); C01B 32/168 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 31/0253 (2013.01); B32B 9/007 (2013.01); C01B 32/168 (2017.08); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A carbon nanotube sheet includes a carbon nanotube layer containing numerous vertically aligned carbon nanotubes and a fibrous carbonized layer that retains the proximal end portions of the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube layer is configured such that the proximal end portions and distal end portions of the carbon nanotubes are inclined and the intermediate portions of the carbon nanotubes are entangled with one another.